Mini 686 - Chess Mafia (Done)

[MafiaSSK]

can we either speed this game up or declare it dead.. it holds up a valuable mini spot which is a nagging inconvenience for everyone involved i'm sure

I can give the game a mass prod, is that fine?

[Indigo Heron]

For me,

19. Re3 g5 20. Bd3 gxf4 21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 and the game is...more or less still a drawn position.

unmove, move: Re3

[Abstract Actuary]

My analysis and questions still stand. But since

I'm going to be V/LA from 5/25-6/3

I will make a move to help the game move along without me.

Move: Bg2

. Reread my posts this move and last for details.

[veerus]

uh.. IH.. why would you propose sacrificing a rook for a bishop with no clear drawn position in sight?

[veerus]

can we either speed this game up or declare it dead.. it holds up a valuable mini spot which is a nagging inconvenience for everyone involved i'm sure

I can give the game a mass prod, is that fine?

Personally? Unless you massprod weekly, I'd vote to kill the game because it seems we bog down way too often and half the people don't even bother to post anymore.

[veerus]

My analysis and questions still stand. But since

I'm going to be V/LA from 5/25-6/3

I will make a move to help the game move along without me.

Move: Bg2

. Reread my posts this move and last for details.

Bg2 doesn't really do anything... The knight is still pinned and will still be pinned after whatever black do next.

Qe3 gives us an adequate response to g5 and allows us to break the pin on the next move with Be3.

[Indigo Heron]

If 21. Bxe4, Black replies with fxe3 and White is finished.

Anyways, that's the initial thought. I have a line that sees this position and with my moves that shows that this will lead to a draw. I need to finalise a few things first.

[sirdanilot]

Personally? Unless you massprod weekly, I'd vote to kill the game because it seems we bog down way too often and half the people don't even bother to post anymore.

yes

[Max]

I agree with the above post

[sirdanilot]

yay

[veerus]

this game is such a ghost town that people can't even bother to post whether they want to abandon it though i suppose in this case silence may speak louder than words

[Lawrencelot]

Let's just use tighter deadlines.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

I'm sorry. I'm here, but I can't decide what move is best. I think I made a mistake on the last move and now I'm can't figure out how to fix it.

[Goatrevolt]

The mini limit is no consideration to me (I'm mini capped to my knowledge, but I don't plan on joining any new games anyway). I'd prefer to finish out the game, but I'm not going to throw a fit if it gets abandoned.

[MafiaSSK]

Fine. Deadlines shall now be a week long.

[sirdanilot]

I don't care about the mini limit either (I do mostly newbie games nowadays). the problem is that this game does take time and effort, and it has been doing so since half a year ago, every single day. And that despite I don't even post here a lot. so let's put this thing to an end ok. shorter deadlines are ok

[sirdanilot]

...and it didn't help!

Let's abandon this failure of a game.

[Max]

Yeah. Lets.

[Lawrencelot]

Alright

[MafiaSSK]

Noooooo. I refuse.

[sirdanilot]

vote:MafiaSSK

agree or die!!

[MeMe]

Is this game dead? I'd really

love

to put it to bed as it's so dang old and holding up my forum/queue organization (not to mention seemingly more suited for mish-mash). With the recent comments, it seems the right time to ask!

[MafiaSSK]

No, goddamnit. I do not want to abandon a game ever.

[sirdanilot]

YES! IT'S DEAD! DON'T YOU SEE THE MILLIONS OF DEAD PEOPLE HERE?

Oh wait. The game was so badly designed NOBODY IS DEAD YET, WHILE MORE THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE STOPPED POSTING!!

[MafiaSSK]

YES! IT'S DEAD! DON'T YOU SEE THE MILLIONS OF DEAD PEOPLE HERE?

Oh wait. The game was so badly designed NOBODY IS DEAD YET, WHILE MORE THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE STOPPED POSTING!!

And any attempt to fix such was denied by the players. Sighhh